A Garden For IbrahimTwo years ago today, Israeli ground forces entered Gaza, killing scores – including Kamal and Wafaa Awajah's son, Ibrahim. Jen Marlowe's film tells the anguished hopeful story of one family in Gaza.Read more

A Small But Exceedingly Well-Chronicled Moment In A Long WarThe New Yorker explores the iconic moment early in Iraq when the statue of Saddam Hussein was toppled, and what the media's wartime mythmaking - what's been called "the casual fact, the creative imagination, the will to believe" - made of it. Of course Bush officials fed that lie, like all the rest. "The scenes of free Iraqis celebrating in the streets, riding American tanks, tearing down the statues of Saddam Hussein in the center of Baghdad are breathtaking." – Donald RumsfeldRead more

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